Science and technology parks and their heterogeneous effect on firm innovation

Science and Technology Parks (STPs) have proliferated in many countries as a policy initiative to foster innovation. Previous studies have mostly analysed average effects on the innovation performance of tenant firms, leading to mixed results. This paper aims to explore whether there are heterogeneo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Antón Tejón, Marcos, Barge-Gil, Andrés, Martínez, Catalina, Albahari, Alberto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/377352
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/377352
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Science and Technology Parks
Innovation policy
Cluster
Patent quality
Scientific innovations
Descripción
Sumario:Science and Technology Parks (STPs) have proliferated in many countries as a policy initiative to foster innovation. Previous studies have mostly analysed average effects on the innovation performance of tenant firms, leading to mixed results. This paper aims to explore whether there are heterogeneous STP effects. Creating a novel database of Spanish patents generated on- and off-park, merged with firm and STP characteristics, we find that younger and larger firms benefit more from being on-park and younger and older STPs have a stronger effect on tenants’ patent quality, while STPs promoted by universities do not exhibit a differential effect.